Partition Magic - problem redistributing free space

<wemaole.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> you can download Demo version of Partition Table Doctor to backup your
> partition table.

And you will prolly need a payed-for version to restore it.
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I resized my first partitition to the desired size but the next step is
a little less clear to me. I now have a 196GB FAT32 second partition
and an adjacent 33GB unallocated space which I would like to add to it.

When I right-click on the second partition and choose resize/move, the
window that pops up does not seem to let me increase the 196GB FAT32
partition to 229GB like I expected. I can drag the partition image
from left to right which changes the 'Free space before' value from 0
to 33GB and the 'Free space after' from 33GB to 0. But the 'New size'
value stays at 196GB which seems strange to me (looks like moving the
partition not resizing it).

Is this the way I add the unallocated space or do I need to partition
the unallocated space then merge it with my second partition? Or is
there some 196GB limit on FAT32 partitions? Thx for any help...
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Why not to remove and recreate partitions, then restore data?
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Thomas Wendell wrote:
> IIIRC, you first drag the whole partition to "0GB before", then grap the
> right end of the partition and resize it..(there should be a small "tab on
> the end of the partition where the arrows change from 4way to 2way....)

Yes that is what I thought should happen. But it does not work in my
case. Using the resize/move option on my 196GB FAT32 partition, the
cursor does changes from 4way to 2way at the 'end' of the black
partition image, but it does not let me expand it beyond 196GB. Even
though there is 33GB of unallocated space (gray area) after it. All I
can do is drag the black partition image rightward so that the 'Free
space before' increases (up to 33GB).

Help! Anyone?
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IIIRC, you first drag the whole partition to "0GB before", then grap the
right end of the partition and resize it..(there should be a small "tab on
the end of the partition where the arrows change from 4way to 2way....)


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<k.korsch DeleteThis @softhome.net> kirjoitti
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>I resized my first partitition to the desired size but the next step is
> a little less clear to me. I now have a 196GB FAT32 second partition
> and an adjacent 33GB unallocated space which I would like to add to it.
>
> When I right-click on the second partition and choose resize/move, the
> window that pops up does not seem to let me increase the 196GB FAT32
> partition to 229GB like I expected. I can drag the partition image
> from left to right which changes the 'Free space before' value from 0
> to 33GB and the 'Free space after' from 33GB to 0. But the 'New size'
> value stays at 196GB which seems strange to me (looks like moving the
> partition not resizing it).
>
> Is this the way I add the unallocated space or do I need to partition
> the unallocated space then merge it with my second partition? Or is
> there some 196GB limit on FAT32 partitions? Thx for any help...
>
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k.korsch.TakeThisOut@softhome.net wrote:

> Thomas Wendell wrote:
>> IIIRC, you first drag the whole partition to "0GB before", then grap the
>> right end of the partition and resize it..(there should be a small "tab
>> on the end of the partition where the arrows change from 4way to
>> 2way....)
>
> Yes that is what I thought should happen. But it does not work in my
> case. Using the resize/move option on my 196GB FAT32 partition, the
> cursor does changes from 4way to 2way at the 'end' of the black
> partition image, but it does not let me expand it beyond 196GB. Even
> though there is 33GB of unallocated space (gray area) after it. All I
> can do is drag the black partition image rightward so that the 'Free
> space before' increases (up to 33GB).

That's strange; I've never seen this happen with PM. It should allow you to
grow your partition into any adjacent unallocated space. Since you can move
the partition back and forth, it seems that PM actually recognizes the
adjacent space as unallocated (otherwise it wouldn't allow you to move the
partition into this space).

Does your combination of hardware, BIOS and operating system have some
obscure size limit for partitions? I remember having seen a list of those
limits some time ago, and it listed many more than I thought there were.
Don't remember where that was, though -- maybe Google helps, or someone
else here knows a good list of these.

Another thing you could try is changing the numeric values in the
Resize/Move Partition dialog, rather than using the mouse to drag the
handles. PM gives a "Maximum Size" for the partition there. It should be
the sum of the partition size plus any adjacent unallocated space. What
does it say? Can you set the partition size to this value? Can you set both
the "Free Space Before" and "Free Space After" fields to 0?

Gerhard
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For whatever reason, converting the partition to NTFS seems to have
fixed the problem. Since doing this it looks like I can increase the
partition size with the unallocated space. I have not completed the
operation since I want to backup and such first, but I think it will
turn out fine.

Thanks for all the help, guys!
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